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, 1887-12-31

as the Moscow Gazette avers-desires
US to lay aside all suspicion OF her
designs, and to accept her as q friend
and joint-civiliser in Asia, her ruler.
has only got strictly TO respect the
arrangement just concluded, and te.
keep his generals and agents well Tin
collar" at Zulficar. We on our side
are strong and secure enough TO be
{. patient and watchful.,
In fhea quieter Presidency of
Madras Lord Connemara folloNs. al
SO this admirable custom of official
tours of inspection, and his accom-
pIished private secretary Mr.. R6es,
issues, from year to year. v+ry'read-
able little Blue, Books which narrate
the experiences Of such expeditions.
One has just been thus recorded
which commenced on October 3rd,
and carried the Governor Of MSdras
and his party through the WynQad,
MnIabar, Cochin, T~ravancore, Time
vrlley, Madura,. Trichi"9poIy, and i:
Ta.iOre. Many a romance or book.
of travels is less entertaining than
these Madras itineraries, which otter
contain in u single paragraph the
Regeneration of a province, the SpIen:
dour of a night which seems TO come
out of the Alf Leila, or an adventure
utterly impossible except in India.
Thus, in his latest trip Lord Con-
nemara explores a gold mine, knee
deep in water ; passes through a new
teak plantation which will! soOn be
worth a million sterling inspects "a
nursery of baby Government eIe-.
plants; dimes in a village where a.
tiger has JUS killed two shop people;
glides in snake boats down tht Bey-
poor river; passes tor ten miles
through forests lighted by torch
es; encamps by lakes rosy with
the blossoms of red lotus and
receives deputations OF strange prln-
ces and chiefs, glittering with untold
wealth of gold and Jewels. One of
the entries Of Nr. ReeS. lis as follows:
On Sunday we left to ride to
Courtallam across the Western
Ghauts in our own territory. The
first twenty-five miles pass through
beautiful forest scenery, where wild
elephants abound. A report had
come in that two of the native gtpoms
taking our post horses had been killed
by these animals, whose marks we :.
frequently saw along the road. This
turned out to be untrue but. she
effect produced was such that match =
lockmen in numbers were collected
at the temporary stables and little
r~est-houses in which we camped,
around which elephant trenches are
ALWAYS. as n matter of course, dug
and maintained" What would a
European official say to q tour where
in he had to be protected against such
aperil? Again, ut T'a"jgre, we read:
"Lord Consemlaga alone was admits
ed inside the purdah, behind which
the RAMS and their children were
seated, and the rest of us sat outside
the golden curtain, though u band Of
network on the eye-line ran along the
Nlrdah, through which cueiaus faces
kA6s nearing. All The ladies' talked
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
The Country sscl,ooi. and tile Farmers

u :
The country school is preemine ntly
the farmers school. In it the great
majority Of the farmers Of to-day re-
seived their education, and IN it the
great majority Of those of the next
generation will receive the whole Of
their schooling.
Is the country school doing what it
should for the farmers boy? Is it Civ
ing TO the boy who will remain on
farm that kind of an education which
will be the best preparation for LIES
workp
What is an education for? Why
should a boy spend so much time
in the school-room? The purpose
of a boys education is to fit him for
his work, whatever that may be. The
education given in country school
ought then to fit the boy to be sue
cessful farmer, for that is to be the
profession of most of eur country
school-boys.
What education does the farmers
profession demand ? The ability to
read, write, and understand the Eng
fish language and to make readily all
the ordinary numerical calculations
connected with his business this is all,
some say, that a farmer needs, and this
is practically all that many Of the
schools supply. But is this enough {?
Shall we set the standard of education
for the farmer at the very lowest notch?
Shall we in this way say that the poor
est education is sufficient for the farm
er9 We certainly do mot think that
farming is the occupation for which the
poorest education is sufficient. Give
the boy opportunity to become ac-
quainted with the things around him,
Put the study of the soils, plants, ami
mails, ETC., into your schools. Ask your
school-teachers to give instructions of
this kind. Demand of them that they
Know enough to give such instruction
IN the right e0ay. If you will demand
only the best of teachers for your child
rem, you can have these things taught
to them; but if you are willing to take,
year by year, the young and the poor
" prepared teachers, the work will not
and cannot be done. You will have to
pay roundly for such efficient teachers;
but will it not be the best economy in
the long run, for are they not to in
struct your children for their whole
lfe's work. american .Agrie&ztur6st.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
When Trousers Were First Used.

Trousers came into use for general
wear with the French revolution. The
gentleman, the. supporter of royalty
and sound constitutional principles,
wore breaches. The term, .s'sans GU
lottes'' sufficiently explained what were
not worn by the masses who forced
constitutional reform into revolution.
By an apparent contradiction OF pur-
pose and principle the 'sans culottes''
who denounced everyone who wore
breaches finally went beyond their OPP
ponents and wore twice as much cloth
around their legs: in a word, adopted
the modern trousers and made them
the badge OF a party as well known as
a class. Napoleon, who was too thin
at one period of his life and too stout
at another to look his best in small
clothes, nevertheless wore them on
state occasions after he had set UP
throne and gone into the emperor bust
mess. His army was the first that w ore
trousers, and trousers made progress
in general adoption step by step with
the march of the French army. The
French trousers and meat gaiter were
seen in Egypt, in Spain, in Italy, in
Germany, in Poland, and Russia, on
the banks of the Tagus and those OF
the Vistula. People thought that the
manner in which a great conquering
nation clad its legs was the model. and
when the trousers wearers marched ov-
ter the wearers of p gtails aud knee
tbreeches at Jean and Anerstadt, de-
ccision was given from which the world
did not care to appeal. The world is
usually easily convinced of the wisdom
of the victor. England stood out the
longest against trousers, but finally
she yielded, and her army marched to
Waterloo wearing the universal leg
tunnels. Our grand fathers generally
fell in with the ways Of the world,
though federalists here and there
would not yield There is story of a
clergyman who, greeted with the
] cough inquiry, .eHow are you, priest ?''
responded: ''HoM are you, democrats
How do you know Tim priest:.?' "By
Your dress. How ,dosyou know I m a
democrat?' "By your address" Doubt
less the Clergyman wore knee breaches,
while the admirer Of Jefferson and
dangerous French principles cloth
ed his legs with trousers. -AtlGasta
Constitution.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13

siit is about time to quit. Mabel knows
the trap.d DOR. Take care OIL her. She
is rich, and knows where il is hid.
Swear that you will take care of her,
repeated the dying man, with start
ling emphasis, as heseized the doctors
arm.
Z Mabel will be my wife, please God,
if we get out Of this alive
The old man smiled, looked at his
daughter with intense affection and
sank back dead.
Carefully examining the body for a
moment, the doctor arose, end lifting
the weeping girl, said: sIt is all over,
Mabel. z Giving her a moment or two
for sorrow, he asked: Where is the
trap he spoke Of?
Mabel sank on her knees beside the
body, and kissed her fathers dead
face passionately. The rising, she
took her lover by the hand and led
him to her fathers room. Opening q
cupboard, she showed him a trap
door, which, when he raised it, seemed
to cover tunnel Descending into
this by a ladder, and shutting the
trap after them, the two made their
ed what seemed to be the foot OF q
cleft in the rock. Here was a ladder,
| up which the girl climbed, followed by
the doctor. Reaching the top of it,
they found another resting on a little
shelf of rock. Up this and two others
| they went, to emerge at the top Of the
bluff.
He dug the tunnel and put the lad
ders in long ago., said Mabel, with a
lsob.
The doctor kissed her and led her
to the corral before them, where they
found the three animals old Sam had
placed there the evening before.
Mounting Mabel upon one OF them,
he got on the other and directed their
way along the mountain trail. They
! did not talk much, although a word
from him every now and then showed
her how much his sympathies were ex.
cited. The next day they reached
Prescott, where they were married.
Some four months afterwards-the
Indian raid having been put to an end
| by the troops-Mabel said to her hus
band one day:
why don't you go and get the
dust?''
! ''What dust, Mabel?''
i t:Why, father had a lot OF gold dust
hid i'll the tunnel, he used to get it W
the cannon
"How much oft is there. Mabelp
i 81 don't know; but think we ha6
| better go and see"
| When they arrived at the old house
i or rather the ruins. tnev found that
to get into the tunnel there was {
great deal Of stuff to be cleared away
Succeeding at last, they descended th'
ladder, and about half way through
the tunnel came stone which Mabe
told him to raise up. Under it wer
a lot of bags filled with gold dust
The doctor was amazed at tn
amount and Mabel herself said sh
had no idea there was so much. Whel
carried to Prescott, the dust wa,
found to be worth over one hundred
and fifty thousand dallars.
"When your father said to me
. 'sshe's rich" I thought he meant yol
were a treasure in yourself, Mabel"
}. Are you sorry to find that ! wa
an heiress?"
aNo, am not. Money is Away
good il it is got honestly"
Which is worth the most, the mon
ey or me?" said she, with a happ
smile.
DO you suppose that am going t
hatter your vanity by answering tina
question:" said her husband, kissin
her. You are getting too vain now.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
DEF0RE AND AFTER.
VERY ILL.

s VERY ILL.
Name, O, doctor, name your fee,
Ask-I'H pay what'er it be!
Skill, like yours, know comes high
Only do not let me die;
Let me ont Of this and /
The cash will ante instantly
coNyALEscENT.
Cut, 0, doctor, cut that fee.
Cut, or not a. dime for me.
am not millionaire. 5
But I IL do whater's square;
Only make bill that fair,
And I'll fix it pres emily.
WELL.
Book, O, doctor! book your fee,
Charge-I'll pay it futurely.
When the crops all by are laid.
When all other bills are paid,
Tor of death I am afraid)
I will pay itgrudgingly.
Washington Critic
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13

i1lSS, t1Ilu A6 IlclA MtCe GlSnU ZOE q lew
seconds. It was their betrothal.
81 must go, doctor, !" she said look
ing at him quietly.
With one more kiss he released her.
and turned to his post OF observation.
AT that moment he saw. shoe ting out
.of the greasewood bushes, an arrow
having it q lighted brand Of bunch
grass. 4 naoment afterwards s yell from
tho Indians told that it had struck in
the thatched roof AS the arrow arose
out OF the bushes, old Sam fired, and
the yell OF triumph when tho arrow
struck was broken by one OF anguish
that told, that the bullet had found
its mark.
The FIRE arrows began flying thickly,
some striking and some falling short.
The rifles Of the two men spoke loud
y, and generally with effect, Judging
from the cries. But those az the In
dams were not silent. They had fired
from time TO time, and their bullets,
striking the bricks OF heavy wooden
shutters and doors. had been wasted.
The doctor MAS just loading again,
when he heard his name called by Ma
bel. Going into the other room he
found Mabel supporting her father,
out OF whose breast t he deep red tide
flowing from bullet hole, showed
that the old man had not long to live.
Guess I'm beyond pa ehing this
time, Doc, said the old man. with =
grim smile, as the doctor knelt down
beside him. s he root q % iire aud
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
The. Fable of Colonel Chop
Sticks.

Sticks.
The Jacksonville, Fla, News Herald
thinks that it is OF the utmost import
ance for the Floridians to take a
cheerful view of things. The fact that
the yellow fever is at Key West does
not make it necessarily follow that
the entire state will be ravaged by the
epidemic. Perhaps the worst thing
about the yellow fever is the general
Decentralization which accompanies 1t.
To point a moral our contemporary
tells the following neat little fable:
Colonel Chop Sticks, q mighty man
OF valor, once set out on a Journey
from Pekin, and when absent days
distance from home he met the Genius
of Cholera face to face in the road.
Colonel thought he was, he began to
shake like a small earthquake and fell
on his knees. At this the G.. of C.
smiled and babe the colonel to proceed
on his way.
am going down to Pekin. said the
g. of G., 4'to kill about 2, 200 victims;
this will appease my vengeance for the
Time"
Returning a few months later, Colo
mel Chop Sticks again met the g. ofC.,
near the same. spot where he had first
seen the monster. II hear, he be-
gan, that your majesty, instead OF
killing only 1000 OF my people, slew
somewhat over 10000. Did your
majesty's wrath grow apace with the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
June.

Tne cUaaSoo-cups are full ,Gfprain,
And littse elves do bsthe therein,
TIE straGdling spires % beard grass hign
Swing back and forth till they be dry,
For moonvorts bloom, and June is here,
The sweetest month of all the year
The fanowsinches haunt the corn
With songs .aof summers dead and gone,
And everysLass that's fair to view
Doth walk with fernseed ia her sh oe
For Ma talre's darling, june, ia here,
The W oaing month Of all the year
Harpes's Magazine.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
Writes Ungrammatiealiy.

First Dude-Mho is that lady. over
there-the one ! saw you talking with
q waile ago?
Second Dude She is q literary char
acter.
What does she WEite?''
"Uagrammatically. Z Texas Sits-
sugs. i
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
Little Pitchers.

Ma" said baby at tie supper table.
81 know Why this cake is called angel
cake
do Your
tits because it's made by an an
gel. That's what pa told the cook. -
NeN York Sun.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-07-13
What Else Was IT?

The old woman. will yez have a
drink of buttermilk? 2"
The old man OF course, but Tou
don't call this it. do yez ?''ss
The old woma n-'.. II came from the
goat. New Have,s t'ews. ss
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
An Express safe Robbed.

ITlct y Y. March Si-Express Messen-
ger Lake. on the lake Shore Road, was
silo; and his safe robbed last evening between
Clarks Mills and Frankfort After he had
been bound and gagged the robber took a
bunch Of keys from the poke, ofthe messei-
ger and unlocked the safe which he rified q
it, mony packages. valued Al between 500
Deieware, Lackawanua and Western Rail
road crossing Before leaving the car the
robter said 10 Deake Damn you, if you
say anything about this m come back and
Kill you The messenger replied: Ion
wouldn't rob man and then kill him too,
would you2 Ies / would, said the rob
Der. a. he left. Upon reaching here, as the
express car was not opened by the MESSENGER
suspicion was aroused and investigation de
yeloped his predieameni. He was released
from his uncomfortable position, but insisted
Oh proceeding, and reached Frankfor; at
midnight He was able to proceed to the
office of Dr. Skif & Richards. where his
wound WIS dressed He was shof in the
AA iHL IAN "a llAf illAA a. liA AAAt aAAA
around the shoulder. causing an ugly wound
Tie doctors probed for the ball, bui were un-
able 70 locate IT, Leake endured the opera
tion heroically. without chloroiorm. He
was weak from the shock and loss Of blood.
but walked 10 the station and took the $50
A. ~ train for Albany. on his way home TO
Sharon SPRING.. lie stated that soon after
bis train lcft Clark Mills man entered the
car through the side door. which he showed
back. saying as he entered - Throw up
your hands Leakc did not realize for
moment what was up, and failed TO comply
with the demand The intruder thereDpou
leyeled hi, revolver al the messenger and
shot him. Leake icll TO the floor OF the ear
aud hi, a>sailant proceeded to bind his hands
and feet and put gag in his mouth one
of hi, leg tli, rabber tied to the safe.
The mr-seneer SAYS his assailani was
large. strong man, wearing a mask That
hung down over his chest His hair was cut
very short at the back, and hi, hands were
calloused and dirty.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
Murdered His wife.

MONTGOMERY, April Particulars Of a
horrible crime have just come to light. Last
Tuesday morning Tarleton Steele colored
murdered his wife, near Ada, in this county.
lie took the body and carried it off To lone
~ place in the woods a mile from home
threw it in gully, piled straw on top of il
then poured kerosene oil on the heap and set
fire 10 it, He then returned home and left
the body To be cremated The gentleman ON
whose place ne was living missed the woman.
but said nothing about it, and the murderer
remained on the place day aud night after
ilie crime was committed Wednesday hr
went back 10 the woods aud found that the
body had not been entirely burned up. lie
piled straw ON the remains. but, having no
match 20 start the fire again, he fed. Sl--
picion has been aroused, and neighbor- search
cd the woods and found the remaining pa--
tions ofthc body. The murderer wa, t..ptur-
ei ten miles distant al ,undown and brought
10 this city and lodged in Jail He made
full confession of the horrible deed
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
A Fatal Plunge.

ST LouIs March 5l-Ex-t'overnpr
Thomas C. Reynolds, of Missouri, commit
ted suicide at , P. N. yesterday by plungins
hcadforemos; from the third story ofthc Gus
tom house down the elevator shaft. G1y.
Reynolds had been attending United States
court hcre and was transactng ,pns sI>i-
ue-- in the clerks office "a moment b',lrt
the plunge The office is directly opp ,,iie
the shaft. and painter saw Nj Reynolds
walk ont across the hallway open the gate
and removing his coat, vest, shoes and hat
jump down. II was al first though that
melancholy had caused the action, but a
letter in the pocket of the dead man. marked
to be opened after hi, death, said that he was
a sufferer from demrntia, and would not
live To become charge upon hi, wife or
relatives The cotenJ> OF the letter were
calmly stated and seemed te be- rational.
The body was frightfuily mangled and wa,
crushed out Of shape by striking projections
and the car
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
Snow Bound Travellers.

81. JuuN. y. t. April IA despatch from
Msuoton to-day contains news of several
stalled trains ON the Northern division ofthc
intyrcolonia railway \ break has been
made from St Flavion To- Campbelltown
and TWO blockaded trains are working their
way out through a tunnel of snow. Fully
800 passeusers including 700 immigrants
arr, halted on their route. and the railway au-
thoritie> are ,trainiug every nerve to get food
To the passengers and the 1900 workmen who
are trying TO dig them out
All the northern mails from Prince Ed
varI Island, New Brunswick and Nova SEQ
,ia since Thursday last are q, II. Flayicr.and
seven mail clerks are guarding them. Fully
one-half of the conductors, baggage masters
and express messengers who run on the line
are hemmed in at this point
\ despatch from New Castle five hour,
ride from Moncton says thai the Quebec
night train. the first that has passed the New
brunswick borders since last Friday, has
worked It's way through Il has seven ears
laden with people exhausted and worn by
their long delay in snowdritts and cold. They
are freed at last only by the superhuman ef-
fort, OF the 1900 men who have worked night
ana day
In order to clear the track of snow five
feet terraces were made from the rail to the
summit olthc bank. In many places the
drifts arr thirty feet III depth. The main
iiue mas bceu opened and canal cut through
the snow at enormous expense, and yet the
work is but half done. Every branch is
blocked every car on the siding showed un-
der. and IL will take more than a week to get
the road 10 any sind of running order
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
The Snow Blockade in Canada.

81 ALBANs, VI, March 50.-The worst
blizzard since 1859 prevailed througout Low
er Canada to-day and placed an embargo
upon railroad traffic between North New Eng
land and Canadian points The temperature
is near zero and the wind blowing q terrible
gale. The railroad lines between here and
Montreal are completely blocked by the
drifting snow, 10 less than half dozen en-
sines and trains being stalled near -. JoIn.
The Chicago-bound express, leaving Boston
for Montreal at O'Clock yesterday, and the
Boston-bound night express which left Mon
treal al 6:30 Yesterday are both detained by
the storm The snuw-driitS along the Cen
trail Vermont Southern and grand Trunk
Roads are in many places higher than the
op of the passenger ears. The eff,'', of the
blizzard are being felt in Northern Vermont
where the mercury Is nearly to zero.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
Cleveland Grinding His Axe.

Wt~HNer,N, March sI-Tlc N7',oasl
E.Drlf-1a says The President yesterday
requested tue Postmaster General to make d
li-f ofai Presidential po~tma~'er- who have
NOT beeu removed since thc incoming of the
present, Administration. % Is stated from
reliable sources that This action Viii be fol
lowed hN the removal of every postmaster of
the class designated that the President no
longer being restricted by the tenure ofof-
fee acl, which was repealed by the last Con
gre>~. u.ill sep thlf the~c offices win De- filled
by hi~ appointments
There areuow 2.Slo Presidential p,-iohicc,
in the United Sialc,. since March &. 1855.
chan-e, from old to new po-im1stcr- have
been made iu 2.l4o ct these offices. leaving
2'1 of the postmaster who were Zoo office
March A. lS,5, ,tin ia office.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-06
A Tale OF Suffering.

FoRT AssISABeINE Mont. April late
last evening two ragged and emaciaied men
-;agsers-i i.to the post aud related terrible
story tfsuffering.
on March " James Waldron. stephens
Owens and John McCuig LEFT Le,hbridgc,
Northwest Territory, mounted on horses. for
this place. They were Obliged to abandon
their horses the third day, having nothing
for them 10 eat and from that time waded
through the snow on foot
Their supply of food became exhausted
two days later. aud losing their way their
only food for fifteen days consisted of few
berries gathered off bushes About twenty
two miles Of this place owens fell exhausted
and the Others, too weak to assist him, left
him to his fate.
Upon hearing the ease the Post Command
er Immediately sent out an ambulance aud
the relief party, who were fortunate enough
To lind Owens still alive. and returned with
him to-day
All three are now in the hospital Waldron
and McCuig may recover with the loss OF
bath their feet. but Owens cannot They are
all snow blind and have been for three days.
They claim to be deserters from the North
west mounted policefOrce